Display-carton.



R. R. RICHARDSON.

DISPLAY CARTON.

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RALPH R. RICHARDSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 CHICAGO CARTON .COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOI DISPLAY-CARTON.

S, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 22, iaia.

Application filed August 18, 1917. Serial No. 186,876.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, RALPH R. RICHARDSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Ca-rtons, of which I do declare the following to be exact description, reference drawing, forming a part of this specification.

The present invention has relation to display cartons and the object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple and effective construction well adapted for containing goods to be shipped and provided with a hinged lid adapted to have display, matter printed thereon and with improved means for holding the lid in raised position in such manner that the contents of the carton and the advertising matter on the lid may be displayed for inspection. The invention consists in the features of novelty hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification. V

Figure 1 is a view of my improved carton in collapsed condition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the carton in condition for containing goods and with its lid held in raised position for display purposes.

My improved carton is preferably formed of a single sheet of stiff paper or pasteboard and as shown, comprises top and bottom walls a and Z) and front and rear walls 0 and d, suitable score lines being provided to permitthe walls to be accurately folded, as well understood in the art. Preferably, the front edge of the bottom I) is provided with a narrow flap 1), indicated in dotted lines, which when the blank is folded intubular form will be pastedor otherwise secured to the inside of the bottom portion of the front wall 0.

As shown, the top and bottom walls a and b are each provided at one end with an ex tension 3 that forms the end walls of the carton, and each end wall 3 has an inwardly extending locking. flap 4. The front and rear walls 0 and d are provided at their ends with flaps 5. The tubular blank, narrow flap b to the lower edge of the front wall a can be distended and the end flaps 5 folded inwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2, after which the end walls 3 are turned to vertical position and their locking flaps 4 inserted between the edges of the end flaps 5 and the top and bottom walls a and Z).

The top wall of the carton is provided with a hinged lid 6, preferably cut out of the top wall and connected thereto at its rear edge by a score line or hinge connection 6. As shown, the side and front edges of the lid e are separated from the body of the top wall a by through cuts 7, portions of the stock along the lines of these through cuts being left unsevered, as indicated at the points 8 in Fig. 1 of the drawing. At the ends of the lid 6 are formed tongues 9, these tongues being severed from the lid along the lines 10 and connected at their rear ends to the body of the lid by the scores 11. As shown, each of the tongues 9 has its free end formed with a hook or offset 12, and the free end of each tongue'is adapted to be inserted into an appropriate slit 13 that is formed along the score line that unites the tdp wall a with the rear wall 03 of the carton. lVhile it is not essential that both ends of the lid e should be provided with a tongue, nevertheless such construction is preferable, as it enables the lid e to be more securely and evenly held in raised position.

It will be understood that the carton can be packed and shipped in the flat or collapsed condition shown in Fig.1, and is distended and filled from one end in the usual manner and the end portions folded together, as described, to inclose' the goods. When the contents of the carton are to be displayed, the connecting portions 8 that united the lid 6 and tongues 9 to the top wall a will be severed and the lid will be turned upward, as indicated in Fig. 2, to display the advertising matter upon its inner face. The end tongues 9 will be bent backwardly and downwardly, along the score lines .11, as indicated in Fig. 2, and after the free ends of the tongues have been inserted into the slots 13-, these ends will be forced to cause their tongues or offset portions to interlock with the top wall a of the carton.

It should be noted that in the preferred form shown, the lid e is hinged to the top wall a of the carton at the score 6 in front of the rear edge and that the tongues 9 are hinged to the lid at the scores 11 in front of the rear edge of the lid and so disposed as to hold the lid in an upwardly and rearwardly inclined raised position when inserted in the slots 13. When the lid 6 is thus held in raised position, the advertising matter upon its under side is effectively displayed and the lid serves as a convenient means whereby the carton may be readily handled. The bracing tongues are so disposed that they do not interfere with the effective arrangement of advertising matter on the display surface of the lid.

Obviously changes may be made in the details set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention as defined in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A carton having a hinged lid and having a bracing tongue formed from a portion of the lid and hinged thereto upon a line substantially parallel to the hinged edge of said lid, said tongue being adapted to be bent rearwardly and downwardly when the lid is turned to raised position and to be inserted into a slit in the carton.

2. A paper carton having a lid hinged to the top wall thereof in front of its rear edge, said carton having a slit in the rear of the hinged edge of said lid and said lid having a tongue hinged thereto and adapted to be bent backwardly and downwardly and inserted in said slit.

3. A carton having a hinged lid and having a bracing tongue at each end thereof and formed integral with and cut from opposite edge portions of said lid, said tongues being adapted to be bent backwardly and downwardly and inserted in slits of the carton when the lid is turned to raised position.

4:. A paper carton having a lid hinged to the top wall thereof in front of its rear edge, and a pair of tongues hinged to the opposite end portions of said lid and adapted to engage slits in the box body in rear of the hinged edge of the lid to thereby hold the latter in raised position.

5. A carton having a hinged lid cut out of the top wall of the cartonand provided at each end with a tongue out out of the front portions of the opposite ends of said lid, the

rear end of each of said tongues being integral with said lid and the front end of each of said tongues being adapted to be bent backwardly and downwardly and inserted in slits of the carton.

RALPH R. RICHARDSON. 

